Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in women’s serum in the European arctic Russia
Varakina Y. Lahmanov D. Aksenov A. Trofimova A. Korobitsyna R. Belova N. Sobolev N. Kotsur D. Sorokina T. Grjibovski A.M. Chashchin V. Thomassen Y.
December 2021MDPI AG
Toxics
2021#9Issue 11 - 12 pp.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are heterogeneous carbon-based compounds that can seriously affect human health. The aim of this study was to measure serum concentrations of POPs in women residing in the Euro-Arctic Region of Russia. A total of 204 women from seven rural settlements of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) took part in the study. We measured serum concentrations of 11 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 17 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) across the study sites and among Nenets and non-Nenets residents. Measurement of POPs was performed using an Agilent 7890A gas chromatograph equipped with an Agilent 7000 series MS/MS triple quadrupole system. The concentrations of all POPs were low and similar to findings from other Arctic countries. However, significant geographic differences between the settlements were observed with exceptionally high concentrations of PCBs in Varnek located on Vaygach Island. Both ΣDDT (p = 0.011) and ΣPCB (p = 0.038) concentrations were significantly lower in Nenets. Our main findings suggest that the serum concentrations of the legacy POPs in women in the Euro-Arctic Region of Russia are low and similar to those in other Arctic countries. Significant variations between settlements, and between Nenets and non-Nenets residents, were found. Arctic biomonitoring research in Russia should include studies on the associations between nutrition and concentrations of POPs.
Biomonitoring , DDT , GC-MS/MS , Indigenous peoples , PCB congeners , Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) , Russian arctic
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Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University Named after M. V. Lomonosov, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dvini 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation
Central Scientific Research Laboratory, Northern State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Troitskiy Ave. 51, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russian Federation
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dvini 23, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russian Federation
Department of Health Policy and Management, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almay, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Epidemiology and Modern Vaccination Technologies, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Aktobe, 0300190, Kazakhstan
North-Western State Medical University Named after I.I. Mechnikov, Kirochnaya ul. 41, Saint-Petersburg, 191015, Russian Federation
Institute of Ecology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Myasnitskaya Str. 20, Moscow, 101000, Russian Federation
National Institute of Occupational Health, Gydas vei 8, Oslo, N-0304, Norway
Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory
Central Scientific Research Laboratory
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Epidemiology and Modern Vaccination Technologies
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University
North-Western State Medical University Named after I.I. Mechnikov
Institute of Ecology
National Institute of Occupational Health
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